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Fran Obeid
Posted By: Fran Obeid
2009: The Year of Enforcement Action Against Offshore Bank Accounts
Treaty and Voluntary Disclosure Principles Outlined
USC Gould School of Law
Posted By: USC Gould School of Law
Stock Purchases and Back-End Mergers
By Stephen L. Tolles - Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles
USC Gould School of Law
Posted By: USC Gould School of Law
Practical Strategies for Investment in the U.S., Europe and Asia Building Blocks Four Key Strategies in International Tax Structuring
By Alexander Lee, Rob Culbertson and Justin Hamer - Tax Partners, Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP
Michael Rinaldi
Posted By: Michael Rinaldi
Article 26 to the Rescue: Tax Treaty Provides Basis for U.S. -- UBS Settlement
Balance Between U.S. - UBS Tax Compliance Goals and Swiss Sovereignty
USC Gould School of Law
Posted By: USC Gould School of Law
Acquisitions Using Tax Partnerships - Maximizing the Rules for Amortizing Intangible Assets
By Raj Tanden, Keith Villmow and L.D. Sergi
USC Gould School of Law
Posted By: USC Gould School of Law
Cross-Border Investment Strategies
By Alexander Lee, Rob Culbertson and Justin Hamer - Tax Partners, Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP
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Top Blogs have been identified by the LexisNexis Law Center staff as the most interesting, readable, and useful blogs pertaining to this practice area. Most of them are created by legal and other professionals in a wide array of disciplines and represent the cream of the crop in the legal blogosphere.
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Ira B. Mirsky IRS to Audit 6,000 Companies in National Research Program Initiative to Test Employment Tax Compliance
There is nothing that a company can do to avoid being targeted under this audit, but there are certain measures that companies can take in response to the dramatic shift in the way the IRS will be...
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Tax Analysts Editorial Staff Economic Analysis: 10 Tax Changes to Prevent the Next Fiscal Crisis
Dear Mr. Volcker: As you well know, there are many causes of the financial crisis. But one that is frequently overlooked is the tax code. Numerous provisions in our tax laws provide incentives for risk...
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Leonard Schneidman and Michael A. Schwartz IRS Extends Deadline for Voluntary Disclosure of Foreign Accounts and Income
The IRS announced today (in IR-2009-84, http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=213463,00.html ) that the deadline for entering the Voluntary Disclosure Program relating to unreported offshore income...
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Tax Analysts Editorial Staff Toward Tax Reform: Recommendations for President Obama's Task Force
Tax Analysts is proud to announce Toward Tax Reform: Recommendations for President Obama’s Task Force . This book of advice for the President’s tax reform panel includes essays by 32 prominent...
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Tax Analysts Editorial Staff IRS Voluntary Disclosure Program Gets High Marks From Practitioners, So Far
As hundreds if not thousands of individuals rush to come clean about their undisclosed offshore accounts, Tax Analysts spoke with several practitioners to get their impression of the voluntary disclosure...
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Martin A. Sullivan
Posted By: Martin A. Sullivan
Do Tax Rules Encourage Risky Mortgage Securitization?
[A] paper by Samuel Eddins, Director of Research at IronBridge Capital Management... [suggests that]: Losses on mortgage investments for traditional (non-financial) investors are tax disadvantaged...
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David Brunori
Posted By: David Brunori
Good Move by South Dakota Governor
Gov. Mike Rounds... wants to make sure that all groups receiving tax exemptions are legitimate.  This is an important move and one that should be followed in other states... Everytime a church, VFW...
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Joseph J. Thorndike
Posted By: Joseph J. Thorndike
Time for a War Tax
By the end of 2009, Congress will have spent nearly $700 billion on the Iraq war, and another $225 billion or so on the fighting in Afghanistan. As a nation, we've met these costs using the same fiscal...
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Peter Miller
Posted By: Peter Miller
The Gibbs Analysis: Speeding Tickets and Health Insurance Scofflaw Penalties
The Press Secretary's job is always challenging, and Robert Gibbs is as good as any of his predecessors in casting the President's agenda in the most favorable light possible.  He has to think on...
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Conferences, Events and Seminars. 
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Council On State Taxation (COST) COST's 40th Annual Meeting
October 20-23 at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, NV
This conference is a must for state tax professionals seeking updates on key state and local tax issues and insights regarding state tax trends and opportunities. The COST Annual Meeting has been expanded...
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Manufacturers' Education Council 19th Annual Ohio Tax Conference
January 28-29, 2010, Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio
Plan on attending the 2010 Ohio Tax Conference. You'll learn best practices for preparing for an audit ( Ohio Department of Taxation is hiring another 75 auditors ), CAT, property valuation and...
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ASWA AWSCPA Joint National Conference ASWA / AWSCPA Joint National Conference
October 19-21, at The Palms, Las Vegas, NV
We hope that you will join us in October for the 2009 Joint National Conference (JNC) in Las Vegas, Nevada. This year marks our societies’ sixth annual JNC, and, as with previous JNCs, provides...
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NYU School of Continuing & Professional Studies NYU's 16th Institute on Federal Taxation
October 18-23 in New York; November 15-20 in San Francisco
New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies is pleased to present the 68th Institute on Federal Taxation. For hundreds of tax practitioners, the NYU Institute on Federal Taxation...
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NYU School of Continuing & Professional Studies NYU 28th Institute on State and Local Taxation
December 14-15 at the Grand Hyatt New York
New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies is pleased to present the 28th Institute on State and Local Taxation. For hundreds of tax practitioners, the NYU Institute on State...
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